Tag: Philippines

The "Pabasa" is the uninterrupted chanting of the Pasyón, an epic poem narrating the life, passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ

The death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 28 while more than 17,000 people fled their homes in the central Philippines

Catholics celebrate Palm Sunday to commemorate and honor Jesus Christ's glorious entry into Jerusalem

In a small stall in the middle of a party place in a suburb of the Philippine capital, a group of women keep their pain in silence

The number of jobless Filipinos in February was higher than the 2.93 million in the previous month, according to the PSA

Filipino Catholics celebrate a “Solidarity Mass for the Moral Choice” ahead of the country’s national elections on May 9, 2022

Rights groups said “[m]ajority, if not all the recommendations” of the UN HRC during the third cycle of the UPR in 2017 “remain unheeded”

Kapag ang mga mandarambong ay nakakalaya at nakakakandidato sa eleksyon gamit ang salapi na ninakaw sa bayan, dapat na magsalita ang Simbahan

“Magnitsky sanctions” include travel bans and targeted financial sanctions against "perpetrators of egregious acts of international concern”

In a pastoral letter, the country’s Catholic bishops called on the Filipino people to “fight indifference” especially during the elections